Abstract: A negative active material and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same. The negative active material includes an inorganic supporter in which pores are formed; a silicon layer coated on the inorganic supporter, and a carbon-based material positioned on the pores of the inorganic supporter and a surface of the inorganic supporter.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material composite, including an amorphous carbon matrix, and silicon nanoparticles and crystalline carbon fibers dispersed in the amorphous carbon matrix, the silicon nanoparticles being in contact with a portion or all of the crystalline carbon fibers in the amorphous carbon matrix.

Abstract: A negative active material, including a silicon-carbon composite including silicon and amorphous carbon, a metal oxide, and a metal silicate.

Abstract: A negative active material and a rechargeable lithium battery including the negative active material. The negative active material includes first, second and third active materials. The first active material is a crystalline carbon. The second active material includes a first core, which includes crystalline carbon and a silicon-based material, and a first carbon coating positioned on the first core. The third active material includes a second core, which includes a silicon-based material, and a second carbon coating layer positioned on the second core.

Abstract: A negative active material and a rechargeable lithium battery including the negative active material, the negative active material includes a silicon-carbon composite including nano-silicon and amorphous carbon; an N-doped carbon layer on the silicon-carbon composite; and a coating layer on the N-doped carbon layer, the coating layer including carbon nanotubes.

Abstract: A negative electrode and a rechargeable lithium battery including the negative electrode, the negative electrode including a current collector, a negative active material layer, and a functional layer between the current collector and the negative active material layer or on the negative active material layer, the functional layer including nanometal and nanocarbon.

Abstract: A negative active material for a rechargeable lithium battery, the negative active material including a core having silicon and a first carbon nanotube, an amorphous carbon coating layer surrounding the core, and a second carbon nanotube adhered to the amorphous carbon coating layer.

Abstract: A negative active material for a rechargeable lithium battery, the negative active material including, a silicon-carbon composite including silicon and amorphous carbon, and a coating layer positioned on a surface of the silicon-carbon composite the coating layer including a metal hydroxide, and an amount of the coating layer is about 1 wt % to about 10 wt % based on about 100 wt % of the negative active material.

Abstract: A negative active material for a rechargeable lithium battery and a rechargeable lithium battery including the negative active material, the negative active material includes a silicon-carbon composite including secondary particles in which nano silicon primary particles are agglomerated, and an amorphous carbon coating layer on a surface of the secondary particles; and sodium silicate.

Abstract: A negative active material for a rechargeable lithium battery, having a silicon-carbon composite in which crystalline carbon, silicon particles, and amorphous carbon are agglomerated, and single-walled carbon nanotubes are coated on the silicon-carbon composite, to ameliorate the negative effects caused by the expansion and contraction of the volume of a silicon-based negative active material during charging and discharging.

Abstract: A negative active material composite, a method of preparing the same, a negative electrode, and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same, the negative active material composite including silicon nanoparticles; amorphous carbon; and graphitized carbon.

Abstract: A negative active material for a rechargeable lithium battery includes a core having a silicon-carbon composite and an amorphous carbon, the silicon-carbon composite being an agglomerated product of a crystalline carbon and silicon particles, and a coating layer on a surface of the core, the coating layer including catecholamine.

Abstract: A negative active material composite, a method of preparing the same, and a negative electrode and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same, the negative active material composite including compound particles represented by SiOx, in which 0<x?2.0; silicon nanoparticles having an average particle diameter (D50) of greater than 0 nm and less than or equal to about 200 nm; and amorphous carbon, wherein an internal pore volume of the negative active material composite is greater than 0 cm3/g and less than or equal to about 5.0×10?2 cm3/g.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composite anode and a secondary battery including the same, the composite anode including a silicon-containing structure; a first carbon material; a second carbon material; and a conductive material, wherein the first carbon material has a specific surface area (BET) value of 1.5 m2/g or less, a rate of change of the specific surface area (m2/g) to an increase in particle size (?m) is ?0.07 to ?0.04 m2/?m·g, and an area occupied by pores in a cross-section of the first carbon material is 10% or less.

Abstract: A composite anode active material, an anode, and a lithium secondary battery, the composite anode active material including a silicon-carbon composite; a first graphite; and a second graphite that is different from the first graphite, wherein the first graphite has an average particle diameter D50 of about 10 ?m or greater, and the second graphite has an average particle diameter D50 of about 18 ?m or greater.

Abstract: A composite anode for a lithium secondary battery includes: a silicon-carbonaceous compound composite; a graphite; and a generally plate-shaped conductive material.

Abstract: A negative active material for a rechargeable lithium battery includes a silicon-carbon composite including a core including a crystalline carbon material, a silicon oxide, and a silicon particle and an amorphous carbon-containing coating layer on the surface of the core. An intensity ratio (Si/SiO2) of a Si peak relative to a SiO2 peak ranges from about 2.0 to about 3.0 as measured using an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy for the negative active material.